“Reading is the perfect escape from whatever ails you.”
―
Jessica Spotswood,
Born Wicked
“No matter how safe and beautiful it is, a cage is still a cage.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“What's the point of a book you don't enjoy?” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“The universe has yet to take my wishes under consideration.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I am wicked in many ways.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“We don't get to choose who we love. Or stop loving them when they're difficult.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“He holds my gaze, and the look in his eyes is a love letter in itself. When he speaks, his voice is rough. "Will you marry me, Cate?"I go still, the question hanging in the air. I have never felt more accepted 'for the girl I am, not the girl I want to be' never more loved and respected than I am in this moment. It's a choice, and it's mine to make."Yes," I breathe.Finn slides the simple gold band onto my ring finger. I tilt it, and the ruby sparkles, catching the sunlight. He leans down and brushes his lips against mine, sealing the promise. 'I can't wait to make you my wife.''Cate Belastra.' I try it out and despite the solemnity of the moment, despite knowing what this will cost him, I can't help smiling.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I cannot imagine a life without books.Without Father's stories of the ancient Greek gods and goddesses, without pirate stories and fairy tales and poems. Without the hope of another way, of freedom and adventure beyond what we have here and now. How dark life would be.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Star Cursed
“He may not have said the words, but I know my son. I saw the way he looked at you.""How?""Like he'd do murder for you.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I just want to be me. Cate. Why isn’t that ever enough?” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“From my vantage point I can see the back of his neck flush pink beneath his collar. He's got freckles there, too. I wonder how many more freckle's he's got. Are they all over, or just where the sun's touched?Good Lord, why am I thinking of Finn Belastra without his clothes on?” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I feel us tilting toward each other like trees in a strong breeze. I've been craving the sight of him for days, but now its not enough. I'm not sure who moves first. The inches between us are erased until I'm in his arms and my mouth finds his.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I can’t see any other reason he would shut down the bookshop, unless it was to help you somehow. He loves books.' She gives me a tiny, owlish smile. 'He must love you more.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Star Cursed
“Some things are worth the danger, aren’t they? I don’t believe anyone should be allowed to dictate what I read or who my friends are. It gives me pleasure t know that I can thwart the Brotherhood in some small way.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I give Finn a wicked smile. "Don't you think a peg leg would be charming? Like a pirate? The first mate of the Calypso had one, didn't he?""It would add a certain rakish factor. Have you got a spare eye patch?""Be serious, you two. Gangrene is no laughing matter," Mrs. O'Hare scolds.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“Finns squares his shoulders—which have gotten a good deal sturdier since I last saw him. Or paid attention, at any rate. How long has it been since I actually looked? He's gotten awfully handsome; it can't have happened overnight.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“Brother Ralston smiles fondly, only too willing to believe in my womanly frailty. If it weren’t to my advantage, I’d slap the smile from his face.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I have never been this close to a man before. Something stirs deep, pulsing through my body, and its quite like the tug of magic, buts its not the magic; this is something entirely different, just between Finn and me and this moment.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“We’ll tell the nurses she’s a new student with an interest in nursing. They’ll be charmed.'Tess flips her braids over her should. 'I am particularly adorable today.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Star Cursed
“No matter how safe and beautiful it is, a cage is still a cage.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“What's the point of a book you don't enjoy?” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“The universe has yet to take my wishes under consideration.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I am wicked in many ways.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“We don't get to choose who we love. Or stop loving them when they're difficult.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“He holds my gaze, and the look in his eyes is a love letter in itself. When he speaks, his voice is rough. "Will you marry me, Cate?"I go still, the question hanging in the air. I have never felt more accepted 'for the girl I am, not the girl I want to be' never more loved and respected than I am in this moment. It's a choice, and it's mine to make."Yes," I breathe.Finn slides the simple gold band onto my ring finger. I tilt it, and the ruby sparkles, catching the sunlight. He leans down and brushes his lips against mine, sealing the promise. 'I can't wait to make you my wife.''Cate Belastra.' I try it out and despite the solemnity of the moment, despite knowing what this will cost him, I can't help smiling.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I cannot imagine a life without books.Without Father's stories of the ancient Greek gods and goddesses, without pirate stories and fairy tales and poems. Without the hope of another way, of freedom and adventure beyond what we have here and now. How dark life would be.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Star Cursed
“He may not have said the words, but I know my son. I saw the way he looked at you.""How?""Like he'd do murder for you.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I just want to be me. Cate. Why isn’t that ever enough?” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“From my vantage point I can see the back of his neck flush pink beneath his collar. He's got freckles there, too. I wonder how many more freckle's he's got. Are they all over, or just where the sun's touched?Good Lord, why am I thinking of Finn Belastra without his clothes on?” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I feel us tilting toward each other like trees in a strong breeze. I've been craving the sight of him for days, but now its not enough. I'm not sure who moves first. The inches between us are erased until I'm in his arms and my mouth finds his.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I can’t see any other reason he would shut down the bookshop, unless it was to help you somehow. He loves books.' She gives me a tiny, owlish smile. 'He must love you more.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Star Cursed
“Some things are worth the danger, aren’t they? I don’t believe anyone should be allowed to dictate what I read or who my friends are. It gives me pleasure t know that I can thwart the Brotherhood in some small way.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I give Finn a wicked smile. "Don't you think a peg leg would be charming? Like a pirate? The first mate of the Calypso had one, didn't he?""It would add a certain rakish factor. Have you got a spare eye patch?""Be serious, you two. Gangrene is no laughing matter," Mrs. O'Hare scolds.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“Finns squares his shoulders—which have gotten a good deal sturdier since I last saw him. Or paid attention, at any rate. How long has it been since I actually looked? He's gotten awfully handsome; it can't have happened overnight.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“Brother Ralston smiles fondly, only too willing to believe in my womanly frailty. If it weren’t to my advantage, I’d slap the smile from his face.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“I have never been this close to a man before. Something stirs deep, pulsing through my body, and its quite like the tug of magic, buts its not the magic; this is something entirely different, just between Finn and me and this moment.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Born Wicked
“We’ll tell the nurses she’s a new student with an interest in nursing. They’ll be charmed.'Tess flips her braids over her should. 'I am particularly adorable today.” ― Jessica Spotswood, Star Cursed
